Trebuchet

  

1. What is it?

     This photo above is a Trebuchet; that's a french name for a Catapult. It was used as a siege weapon during the middle ages. 

1. Why did I make it?

     I finished all of my marking period projects and had some spare time so looked around the room and saw a miniature  model, it was then I decided to make a replica.

17" Wheel

This project was one of the hardest. 

It was time consuming but once i completed it,

I could practically build anything.

USB

This is just a model USB I built in SolidWorks 2013. This project was essential to learn becuase it tought me the components I needed to learn to operate the program. Even added color and background scenery.

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Why do we have brains?

     Has this question ever came to your attention? Do you think we have brains just to love and feel emotions or do you think there is more than that? Do we have brains to memorize formulas or draw conclusions to literature stories?  I have realized there is another reason for having brains.  Daniel Wolpert's TED talk called, "The real reason why we have brains", suggest another way to use our brains.  It may be that we are wrong way. Instead of learning how to do pointless and useless things, we are supposed to be training to perfect our balance, and coordination. In modern day this would be called Olympics. The challenge internationally to see who is the most skilled and coordinated. In the TedTalk Daniel uses Tennis as a great example. Tennis is not only physical movement but also mental. In tennis you run from side to side, and some shots require you to exit the court to even reach, so what makes tennis very difficult? Well it’s the movement; we humans tend to be very lazy, so when we see the shot far, not only that we are lazy but our brains realize it is a good shot which makes us even lazier and puts more weight on the players head to even run to the ball. Now here is where the coordination comes in. You  have to run to a ball that has been served from another side coming at you to speeds upto 142 mph; that was the fastest serve recorded by Andy Roddick. Now you must run to the ball, keep a decent distance between you and the ball  and hit it with the center of your raquet back into the court with the white lines. Sounds Easy? Inconclusion brains are for movement, both mental and phsyical.